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Senior IDF official: Hamas-ISIS cooperation is ongoing

Senior IDF official: Hamas-ISIS cooperation is ongoing

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories tells Palestinian press that Hamas militants go to Sinai to fight with ISIS, while ISIS militants receive treatment… Read More ›

Israel to urge six world powers to punish Iran for missile violations

Israel to urge six world powers to punish Iran for missile violations

The United States, France and other countries said that if confirmed, the new launches of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles would violate UN Security Council resolution 2231.… Read More ›

Doing the right thing in West Africa

Doing the right thing in West Africa

  DAKAR – Paul Hirschson likes to tell a story about a European diplomat he met after being posted as Israel’s ambassador to Senegal last… Read More ›

‘Palestinian refugees are used as bargaining chips by their leaders’

‘Palestinian refugees are used as bargaining chips by their leaders’

“Refugee status is inherited, and the issue makes it difficult to solve the conflict. They’re waiting for a solution that will never be,” she stated.… Read More ›

British security firm G4S pulling out of Israel

British security firm G4S pulling out of Israel

Company cites ‘commercial reasons’ for selling business interests, but BDS campaign takes credit after years of pressuring G4S. Security company G4S says it is selling… Read More ›

Sanders outdid Clinton 2-1 among Michigan Arab Americans

Sanders outdid Clinton 2-1 among Michigan Arab Americans

  WASHINGTON — Arab Americans in the Dearborn area voted 2 to 1 for Jewish candidate Bernie Sanders in the Michigan Democratic primary, according to… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Developer Releases Halachic Electric Shabbat Candles

Jerusalem – Israeli Developer Releases Halachic Electric Shabbat Candles

erusalem – Living in the fathomless depths of the ocean for weeks at a time as a crew-member of a military submarine entails many restrictions… Read More ›

Report: Abbas rejects US peace initiative

Report: Abbas rejects US peace initiative

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejects peace initiative proposed by US VP Joe Biden, fearing it will not lead a major breakthrough. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas… Read More ›

Secrets behind Israel’s historic withdrawal from Lebanon

Secrets behind Israel’s historic withdrawal from Lebanon

In May 2000, Israeli PM Barak made a brave decision that surprised the world to pull the IDF out of southern Lebanon after 18 years.… Read More ›

Deri boosts freedom of press, canceling British Mandate-era Press Ordinance

Deri boosts freedom of press, canceling British Mandate-era Press Ordinance

The cancellation of the Press Ordinance does not apply to broadcast or online journalism.   Interior Minister Aryeh Deri made a historic move to increase… Read More ›

Security cabinet approves completion of barrier around Jerusalem

Security cabinet approves completion of barrier around Jerusalem

Hotovely: PM nixed Obama talks over US aid package   The security cabinet late Thursday night approved the immediate renewal of construction work on the… Read More ›

Herzog to Biden: Jews will continue to be murdered if we don’t separate from the Palestinians

Herzog to Biden: Jews will continue to be murdered if we don’t separate from the Palestinians

Biden concludes his three-day visit to Israel.   If Israel does not take steps to separate from the Palestinians, Jews will continue to be killed… Read More ›

Iran insists missile tests do not violate nuclear deal

Iran insists missile tests do not violate nuclear deal

Missiles tested Wednesday are designed to carry nuclear warheads, violate UN Security Council resolutions, Jerusalem says   Iran’s foreign ministry has insisted the missile tests… Read More ›

Rebuffing Biden, Abbas offers condolences but doesn’t condemn attack

Rebuffing Biden, Abbas offers condolences but doesn’t condemn attack

After US VP criticizes Ramallah for not speaking out against Palestinian terror, PA head says Israeli policies cause the violence, points to high Palestinian death… Read More ›

Hundreds of illegal Palestinian workers arrested in mass crackdown

Hundreds of illegal Palestinian workers arrested in mass crackdown

Following spate of attacks throughout Israel, IDF also arrests family of Jaffa terrorist, prepares homes for demolition   Police arrested hundreds of illegal Palestinian workers,… Read More ›

The Canaanites who loved Pharaoh, on display at the Israel Museum

The Canaanites who loved Pharaoh, on display at the Israel Museum

The latest grand-scale exhibit describes the unlikely exchange of rituals and objects in ancient times   It was Sunday morning, day two of “Pharaoh in… Read More ›

Major poll: About half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs

Major poll: About half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs

Major Pew Center poll highlights social divisions, with different attitudes towards religion’s role in the state, whether the Jewish or democratic nature of the state… Read More ›

Police investigating Jaffa terrorist’s death

Police investigating Jaffa terrorist’s death

A video taken after the Jaffa attacker’s stabbing spree on Tuesday shows him lying on the ground, with gunshots being heard. A voice, possibly of… Read More ›

Indyk: Two-state solution may be dying on Obama’s watch

Indyk: Two-state solution may be dying on Obama’s watch

Obama’s former special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Martin Indyk stated that the US President and the Secretary of State are seriously concerned that the… Read More ›

IDF chief cancels appointment of Buchris amid rape allegations

IDF chief cancels appointment of Buchris amid rape allegations

IDF sources say sensitive role of Operations Division chief, which Buchris was due to take up, can’t be left unfilled for lengthy period.   IDF… Read More ›